ANDY MURRAY plays his first match since losing the Australian Open Final when he takes on Nicolas Mahut in Rotterdam today.

The Scot, who had to ditch the doubles yesterday when playing partner Gilles Muller withdrew ill, is just 1-10 at SportingBet for victory over the world No.109 and 1-3 to progress in straight sets.

Murray is 9-4 title favourite with Paddy Power and followed by Stan Wawrinka – a 9-2 shot at Boylesports – who begins his campaign today against Jesse Huta Galung.

Home fans will be hoping Dutchman Robin Haase can defy his odds of 13-8 at SportingBet and send Andreas Seppi – 8-15 at Skybet – packing. And Gael Monfils looks to build on yesterday’s win over Edouard Roger-Vasselin when he tackles Roberto Bautista Agut in round two.

Other sporting highlights today include stage four of cycling’s Tour of Qatar and a packed card in the NBA.

Huggy
I know your not putting up the SS etc anymore, but you are putting up some suggestions.
If you could just post a bit earlier am happy to get on board with your thoughts for the day, i keep missing you due to time difference.
Not expecting too much so no pressure, just your thoughts keeps me away from football !
Ive dumped out almost 400 pounds on the football since youve stopped the SS.
So im happy to be a guinea pig with your suggestions – cant be any worse than the football is to me !!

Ad you have a new follower in the tennis! I will follow your tips also, got a sickner on the footaball so need to take a rest from it.

I took bozoljac to win his last match he won in straight sets but his opponent was poor in the rally’s and still managed many break points. I think that Paire has enough class to capitalize on bozoljac’s service games.

I’ve not currently tipped or backed anythingg today other than a speculative effort on Lucic Baroni to beat Pliskovav @ 10/3 (12:30) and over 22.5 games in Dimitrov v Muller @ 1/1. Should have more tips over the next day or two when I’ve had a chance to watch a bit more tennis.

Well a good start to that upset then! gambled on Baroni being match sharp enough to capitalise on a potentially rusty Pliskova but she looks far from that so far. 3 double faults in her first two service games…

I’m gonna take a punt on Souza to beat Klizan. This man is rarely beaten well. He’s the home player and has an unusual style of play. Also gambling on Klizan not being quite at his best yet. He had a good win last week before being beaten comfortably and I’m hoping the same thing happens again. Currently 2/1 which seems good value to me.

Klizan was pretty awesome closing out his win over Bellucci, but he played some loose stuff before that too. If he can hit the level he did to comeback against Bellucci he will win for sure, but whether he will or not is the question.

Damn. Baroni played her way back Into it and it was anyone’s match once it got to the tiebreak. She paid the price for a slow start to the first set and a couple of loose points in the breaker. 6-4 7-6 to Pliskova. Gave me a run for my money at least.

re Schwartzman v Fognini – Fog has lost 13 of his last 14 matches I think…..so yeah, Schwartzman has to have a decent chance! I meant to tip him as soon as the odds came out but I got distracted and missed the boat in the end. 5/4 a bit short to tip as it’s hard to know whether a newly motivated and confident Fabio turns up after his grand slam doubles title. One to follow in play for sure. If Fog goes ahead and the signs are there I’ll be all over Schwartzman

Ah fair enough, wouldn’t have gone for that, not after Murray’s meltdown in the Aus final. I’m never normally brave enough to take the favourite under 12.5 games. One early break is all it takes before you find yourself at 5-5. Still, it was a good call for this match, Murray should win every game the way they matchup and the way he’s playing

Schiavone is in good form this week with 4 straight sets wins already. She isn’t at her most comfortable on a fast indoor court, but she isn’t completely at sea either. Kerber is having a mixed bag of a year, and a mixed bag is exactly what I’ve come to expect from her. 7 of her 10 matches in 2015 have gone over 20.5 games, with 6 of those going to three sets. I don’t think she is in the sort of form where she will blow someone like Schiavone away. Likewise, while an upset isn’t impossible, I can’t see Schiavone getting past Kerber without it being a pretty long, tight, affair. Schiavone leads the head to head 2-1, and the one Kerber won, the most recent, went to three sets. All in all I think this is a low mark for what could prove to be a close match. Hopefully close enough to make 21 games anyway!

Managed to get selection 3 from 3 last night (-8 Grizzlies winning by 9). Tonight, my selection would be for Clippers at +1.5 (1/2 price). A few reasons, both have key injuries but I reckon the fact that Houston played last night and their key scorer played the majority of their match. Clippers with home advantage too, I reckon they will sneak home. Took the better points spread (standard is Clippers -3.5) because I am overly cautious.

If Jordan, Huggy or Attila fancy giving me their thoughts on this, I’d be grateful.

GruntBunny, one I would not be on tonight because of Griffin being out. Houston have a lot of depth and the Clippers only beat Dallas because they lost Ellis so early in the game. Spread is low as it will obviously be a tight one. Coin flip for me mate.

This is pending a second and third set collapse against CSN of course, but of she strings it together she can beat anyone indoors and if she stays focused she can go deep here. Had a great win with her last year cashing out when she made it all the way to the Linz indoor final and she can outhit everyone on her half of the draw here. Never a sure thing with Giorgi, but she’s looking very good right now

And there’s the second and third set collapse!! Girorgi was always going to win easily and do good things this week or do that! Karlovic match has gone over its game total too now so we are just waiting on Muller Dimitrov for a nice big 4-fold win. Anyone on board?

Yes, I can see it happening. I didn’t get to see Beck’s opening match against Knapp and I wish I had. Pliskova can obviously out hit her on a fast court, but if Beck’s really on her game she could put her under a lot of pressure and make her crack. I’m going to look into that one a bit more before deciding whether to tip it or not.

Gutted I didn’t back Krajicek, I had a feeling Karlovic was going to slump out sooner or later.

An unlikely and disappointing end to the 4-fold, but hopefully people on board managed to cover in whatever way they could. I took 7-6 Muller as suggested above which softened the blow, though didn’t totally make up for it.

I’m new to this site, always research my bets and only post if i am confident so going to put a few of my bets up and see how it goes.I do all my bets with bet365 so will post there odds although you can shop around abit if you like.

I could post reasoning behind my tips but i always do my research i can assure you. I prefer to go with low odds at a larger stake as i personally have been pretty succesful with this over the years, some people look for value so each to there own, i also look for value here and there, so here is a TIP i think is worth risking a couple quid.

Double Result:

DET Pistons to win 1st half – SA Spurs to Win the game @ 17/4

Its an offer i cant refuse

An Alternative Double i have staked on also tonight is:

ATL hawks ML @ 1/3
GS Warriors Halftime/Fulltime (double Result)

Pays @ EVENS

(Not a fan of -handicapps myself only +Double Digit handicaps i will look at)

Anyway there is my whole essay for you guys good luck with any bets you are on

Don good to see another NBA fan who looks to have some research behind him. Post your bookies mate when you put your tips up. Gives punters an idea of where they can go. We look to have the same sort of style/ideas though. All the best.

Jordan no problem I’ll do that in future posts, cheers. Everybody on here seems friendly enough look forward to contributing any profits I can. I aim for for yearly profits and can sometimes be down but most of the time I am up. Anything I see worthy of staking hard earned cash on I will post it.

All 3 of my bets down due to the dopey Atlanta Hawks up by 15 at half and being beat by the celtics. Well I think everyone would agree it’s been one of them nights on the nba tonight were everything either goes one way or other. Unlucky mate tonight better luck tommorow, just on the tennis tonight

RADU ALBOT to beat JOSE STATHAM @4/11

Abit short but should hopefully win me back my losses not one for chasing losses at all mind you but I feel confident enough so fingers crossed.